Festival highlights the cuisine of Jackson HeightsJackson Heights native Elisa Lopez, 25, was just one of hundreds that gathered to try some of the street food on display at the third annual Viva la Comida Festival. Lopez and her friends waited on...

Major sewer upgrades coming to CB5The Department of Environmental Protection will be upgrading the sewer lines under 69th Street from Calamus Avenue to Queens Boulevard, with the project beginning sometime near the end of the month...

USTA eyes Juniper Valley Park tennis courtsThe USTA is currently pushing to allocate two of Juniper Valley Park's eight tennis courts for youth players. The USTA wants to come in and redo the courts at Juniper Valley Park, and take two of t...

DOT studying lack of curb cuts on 69th PlaceAfter receiving a complaint, the Department of Transportation is working on an engineering study to examine the installment of curb cuts missing at the intersection of 69th Place and Grand Avenue, ...

ENDORSEMENT: We back Markey for the AssemblyDemocrat Dmytro Fedkowskyj got a taste of what it takes to be a public servant, and he likes how it feels. That’s why the former Queens representative on the Panel for Education Policy wants to uns...

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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials were indecisive about whether to proceed with a cloudy lethal injection drug, at one point saying they weren't sure whether they checked "this week's or last week's" batch, according to court documents.

Ubisoft on Tuesday unveiled a tablet video game crafted as a prescription for a medical condition known as "lazy eye," blending the worlds of play and health care. The France-based video game titan created "Dig Rush" in collaboration with US health technology startup Amblyotech, using treatment technology patented by innovators at McGill University in Canada. "This is a good demonstration of the positive impact that video game technology can have on our society," said Ubisoft senior producer Mathieu Ferland.